EP2425458A2 - Concentrateur de lumière par réflexion - Google Patents

Concentrateur de lumière par réflexion

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EP2425458A2
EP2425458A2 EP10772486A EP10772486A EP2425458A2 EP 2425458 A2 EP2425458 A2 EP 2425458A2 EP 10772486 A EP10772486 A EP 10772486A EP 10772486 A EP10772486 A EP 10772486A EP 2425458 A2 EP2425458 A2 EP 2425458A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
    • G02B19/0004—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed
    • G02B19/0028—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the optical means employed refractive and reflective surfaces, e.g. non-imaging catadioptric systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B19/00—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics
    • G02B19/0033—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use
    • G02B19/0038—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with ambient light
    • G02B19/0042—Condensers, e.g. light collectors or similar non-imaging optics characterised by the use for use with ambient light for use with direct solar radiation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0543—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the refractive type, e.g. lenses
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/0547—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means comprising light concentrating means of the reflecting type, e.g. parabolic mirrors, concentrators using total internal reflection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S80/00—Details, accessories or component parts of solar heat collectors not provided for in groups F24S10/00-F24S70/00
    • F24S2080/01—Selection of particular materials
    • F24S2080/015—Plastics
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24S—SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS
    • F24S23/00—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors
    • F24S23/30—Arrangements for concentrating solar-rays for solar heat collectors with lenses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators

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  • This invention relates to a non-imaging optical concentrator and systems using the non-imaging optical concentrator.
  • Solar panels can be used to convert sunlight into electricity using the photovoltaic effect. Solar panels can supply a substantial proportion of the electricity needs of a typical household. They are often mounted on the roof or on the ground and connected to the local electric utility, either supplying all the power directly to the home or pumping the excess back to the utility. In addition to reducing an homeowner's utility electricity bill, homeowners can often sell any surplus electricity directly back to the utility. Solar panels are also used for commercial applications ranging from large-scale power plants to small family-run businesses. Non-imaging optical concentrators (also referred to as "collectors" and the terms are used interchangeably herein) can be used to improve efficiency of solar panels by concentrating sunlight onto the panel.
  • Embodiments of the apparatus can include one or more of the following features.
  • the sidewalls can extend along a first direction and be arranged symmetrically with respect to a reference plane that extends along the first direction, each wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, where the inner surfaces of the walls face each other, wherein for a cross-section perpendicular to the reference plane, at least a portion of the outer surfaces have a curved shape.
  • the curved shape can be a parabolic shape.
  • the entire outer surface has a parabolic shape.
  • the light concentrator can include an entrance wall connecting the sidewalls opposite the exit wall, where a surface of the entrance wall corresponds to the entrance aperture, the surface corresponding to the entrance aperture being a planar surface.
  • the curved shape can be a hyperbolic shape.
  • the entire outer surface can have a hyperbolic shape.
  • the light concentrator can include an entrance wall connecting the sidewalls opposite the exit wall, where a surface of the entrance wall corresponds to the entrance aperture, the surface corresponding to the entrance aperture being a convex surface.
  • At least a portion of the inner surfaces can have a curved shape.
  • the entire inner surface can have a parabolic or hyperbolic shape.
  • the light concentrator can include an entrance wall connecting the sidewalls opposite the exit wall, where a surface of the entrance wall corresponds to the entrance aperture.
  • the surface corresponding to the entrance aperture can be a planar surface or a convex surface.
  • the exit wall can include a second element positioned between the first element and the liquid, the second element being formed from a material having a refractive index n 4 , where n 3 ⁇ n 4 ⁇ n 2 .
  • the exit wall includes a third element positioned between the second element and the liquid, the third element being formed from a material having a refractive index ns, where n 3 ⁇ ns ⁇ n 4 ⁇ n 2 .
  • the first element can be formed from an inorganic glass or a polymer, such as polycarbonate.
  • n 2 can be 1.5 or more.
  • the light concentrator can contain no metal components.
  • the invention features an apparatus including a light concentrator which during operation directs light from an entrance aperture and an exit aperture, and a photovoltaic device positioned relative to the exit aperture to receive the light.
  • the invention features an apparatus that includes a light concentrator which during operation directs light from an entrance aperture and an exit aperture and a photovoltaic device positioned relative to the exit aperture to receive the light.
  • the light concentrator includes a hollow body formed from a pair of spaced- apart sidewalls and an exit wall connecting the sidewalls, where the sidewalls extend along a first direction, the sidewalls being arranged symmetrically with respect to a reference plane that extends along the first direction, each sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface, where the inner surfaces of the sidewalls face each other where, for a cross-section perpendicular to the reference plane, a shape of the outer surface includes a curved portion and a linear portion, the exit wall includes a first element having an exit surface positioned at the exit aperture, the first element being formed from a material having second refractive index, n ls and the hollow body contains a liquid having a having a refractive index n 2 , where n 2 ⁇ n
  • Embodiments of the light concentrators can include one or more of the following advantages.
  • concentrators have larger acceptance angles than conventional (e.g., image forming concentrators) light concentrators.
  • including a series of refractive elements at the side of the collector closest to the absorber element can provide a larger collection angle compared to a similar collector featuring only a single refractive element, particularly where the refractive elements have monotonically increasing refractive indexes with the highest refractive index element being adjacent the absorber element.
  • FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a solar collector system.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a collector.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-section view of a portion of a collector.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a solar panel including collectors.
  • Exit wall 138 should be sufficiently thick to provide sufficient structural support for the other components of collector 110.
  • exit wall 138 has a thickness of about 5 mm or more (e.g., 6 mm or more, 7 mm or more, 8 mm or more, 10 mm or more, 12 mm or more, 15 mm or more, 20 mm or more).
  • the relative thickness of the refractive elements composing exit wall 138 can also vary.
  • refractive elements 140 and 142 have equal thickness.
  • the relative thickness of refractive elements 140 and 142 can differ.
  • the thickness of element 140 can be 50% or more (e.g., 75% or more, 125% or more, 150% or more, 200% or more) of the thickness of element 142.
  • element 140 and/or element 142 has a thickness of 1 mm or more (e.g., 2 mm or more, 3 mm or more, 4 mm or more, 5 mm or more, 6 mm or more, 7 mm or more, 8 mm or more, 9 mm or more, 10 mm or more, 11 mm or more, 12 mm or more, 13 mm or more, 14 mm or more, 15 mm or more).
  • the thickness of each element can be selected to increase the collection efficiency of the collector 110.
  • the thickness of the refractive element(s) depends on the desired acceptance angle of the concentrator and the refractive indices of the liquid and the refractive elements.
  • the width of collector 110 can also vary.
  • the width refers to the dimension of the collector in the x-direction.
  • the collector has a maximum width at entrance wall 128, corresponding to the entrance aperture.
  • the maximum width is less than the height of the collector.
  • collector 110 has a width of 8 cm or less (e.g., 6 cm or less, 5 cm or less, 4 cm or less, 3 cm or less).
  • collector 110 narrows from entrance wall 128 to exit surface 115.
  • the ratio of the widths at entrance wall 128 to exit surface 115 defines the collection power of the collector.
  • an embodiment having a width at entrance wall 128 that is five times the width at exit surface 115 has a collection power of 5 (it is referred to as a 5X collector).
  • the collection power of collector 110 can vary.
  • collector 110 has a collection power in a range from about 3X to about 1OX (e.g., about 4X or more, about 5X or more, about 6X or more, about 7X or more, about 8X or more).
  • the shape of the outer and inner sidewall surfaces are each one of several free parameters that may be simultaneously varied to optimize the performance of a collector.
  • Other free parameters include the refractive index for each portion of the collector, the shape of the entrance surface, and the shape(s) of the refractive element(s) surfaces.
  • the outer surface of the entrance wall can be selected to be planar and outer surface of the sidewalls can be parabolic, such as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the outer surface of the entrance wall can be convex (e.g., circular, such as spherical or cylindrical) and the outer surface of the sidewalls can be hyperbolic (see FIG. 4, infra).
  • the outer surface of the sidewalls can be hyperbolic (see FIG. 4, infra).
  • local departures from the overall sidewall shape may be permitted by varying the geometry of the exit refractor(s) and/or sidewall inner surface shape. Typically, these should be determined numerically, as analytical solutions exist only for some (often trivial) cases.
  • collectors can feature sidewall surfaces composed of segments having different shapes.
  • one segment of a sidewall surface can have a first parabolic shape, while another segment of the same surface has a different parabolic shape or a non-parabolic shape (e.g., a linear shape, a higher order polynomial shape, or a hyperbolic shape).
  • sidewalls can be composed of surfaces having more than two segment (e.g., three or more segments, four or more segments, five or more segments).
  • At least a segment of the outer sidewall surface can be parabolic, while the inner surface is non-parabolic in shape (e.g., a linear shape, a higher order polynomial shape, or a hyperbolic shape).
  • collectors can feature sidewalls having varying thickness.
  • a collector can feature sidewalls that have a thickness that increases from its entrance wall to its exit wall.
  • Such sidewalls may provide structural advantages, allowing for relatively thin sidewalls nearer the entrance wall, supported by thicker sidewalls nearer the exit wall.
  • Sidewalls of varying thickness can also provide improved collection efficiency relative to similar collectors having sidewalls of constant thickness.
  • the shape of the refractive element(s) can be treated as a free parameter when optimizing the shape of collector components.
  • a collector 210 includes refractive elements 240 and 242 that have curved surfaces.
  • refractive element 240 includes a convex inner surface 2401 and concave outer surface 2402.
  • Inner surface 2421 of refractive element 242 is convex in shape, conforming to outer surface 2402.
  • Exit surface 115 is planar.
  • collectors include a refractive element that has a piece- wise planar surface.
  • a collector 310 includes a refractive element 340 having an inner surface 3401 composed of several planar portions. These portions are arranged such that surface 3401 is generally planar but has a ridge centered about reference plane 101. As shown, the ridge takes the form of a trapezoid, i.e., having a planar central portion and two sloping planar sides. Light rays passing through these sloping sides are refracted at a different angle than light rays passing through the substantially horizontal planar portions of the refracting element.
  • entrance wall 128 is planar in collectors 110, 210, and 310, having a flat entrance surface 1281 and exit surface 1282
  • entrance wall 120 can have curved surfaces as well.
  • a collector 410 has an entrance wall 428 that has a spherical convex entrance surface 4281 and a concave exit surface 4282 parallel to surface 4281.
  • entrance surface 4281 is spherical, in general, the curvature of the entrance surface can be spherical or aspherical. This curvature can increase the collection angle for collector 410 relative to similar collectors having a flat entrance surface due to, for example, a focusing effect of the entrance wall.
  • Collector 410 includes sidewalls 420 and 422 both of which have hyperbolic outer surfaces. Selection of their precise shape is discussed more below.
  • Collector 410 also includes an exit wall 440 formed from a single refractive element.
  • the exit wall includes an entrance surface 424 that includes a central ridge 441.
  • Exit wall 440 also feature curved side surfaces 4401 and 4402.
  • Surfaces 4401 and 4402 can have the same shape as the outer surface of the outer surfaces of the sidewalls, or can have different curvatures.
  • the shape of surfaces 4401 and 4402 can be optimized independently of the shape of the sidewalls in order to further enhance the efficiency of collector 410.
  • the entrance wall can be a double convex lens or a convex-concave lens (e.g., with unequal curvatures).
  • the entrance wall can be a Fresnel lens (e.g., a one-sided or two-sided Fresnel lens).
  • exit wall surface 424 is a surface that curves continuously from the inner surface of sidewall 422 to exit wall 440 to sidewall 420.
  • Surface 424 includes a ridge 441 at the center of exit wall 440. Ridge 441 has a flat central portion, but curves smoothly to the inner surface of the exit walls.
  • walls 120, 122, 128, and 138 are made of any suitable transparent material, such as a transparent polymeric material or inorganic glass.
  • the materials of construction should be chosen to be compatible with the specific absorber element that receives the concentrated light.
  • the walls of the hollow body should have a relatively high refractive index, be transparent in the desired part of the spectrum (such as the visible and near infrared part of the spectrum), and be durable.
  • these components can be made from polycarbonate (“PC”) (e.g., UV stabilized PC), although other transparent polymeric materials, such as poly methyl methacrylate (“PMMA”) (e.g., UV stabilized PMMA), may be used.
  • PC polycarbonate
  • PMMA poly methyl methacrylate
  • Commercially available materials can be used.
  • both UV stabilized and unstabilized PC are commercially available.
  • Refracting elements can also be formed from materials such as Titania (TiO 2 ).
  • titania having a crystal morphology called Brookite, which has a refractive index of 2.58, can be used.
  • the refracting element closest to absorber element 150 can be formed from Titania.
  • the entire body of the collector may be formed as a single unit, or the collector may be composed of individual components suitably joined together, such as with an adhesive.
  • n is the relative refractive index of the collector, namely the ratio of the refractive index of the CPC to the refractive index of the ambient medium (e.g., air).
  • the height to which the boundary is to be raised can depend on, for example, a comparison between the value of the additional efficiency gained to the additional cost of the materials, as higher Nd materials are usually more expensive than lower ones.
  • Additional refractive elements can be added, for example, using the following methodology.
  • a collector having two refractive elements can be considered as a three-layer collector, having three discrete layers with differing refractive index separated by two refractive boundaries.
  • a parabolic boundary can be retained below the first boundary.
  • the angles S and R are calculated as described above. It is noted that S is the steepest angle possible for a sidewall of material with NdLow to reflect light by total-internal-reflection at a given acceptance angle.
  • a linear section can be added to the sidewall now, however, empirical results may suggest that it is better to use a variation on the small reflecting segment method to extend the sidewall.
  • the ray angle starts not at the opposite focus, but at the point where the ray from the boundary point intersects the exit. Additionally, the ray angle varies only from -R' to -R.
  • the light leak can affect about 5.5% of the sidewall at its maximum extent, yielding a concentrator 94.5% ideal.
  • Further improvements in efficiency may be possible, for example, using an aspherical entrance wall outer surface.
  • the exit wall entrance surface and outer surfaces can be extended iterative Iy to reach the orthogonal point and its projection as described above.
  • the outer surface can now be deflected inward so that it reaches the concentrator negative exit.
  • the outer surface can now be deflected inward so that it reaches the concentrator negative exit.
  • the existing methods that is, extending the outer surface on the existing hyperbola and continuing the exit element surface by the low effective refractive index method, rays entering the concentrator at its acceptance angle so they'd pass to the right/below these points will be refracted by the exit element surface and reflected by the sidewall will pass through the exit with smaller x coordinates.
  • modules including solar collector systems can be deployed in a variety of different situations.
  • modules can be mounted on residential dwellings (e.g., single family or multi-family dwellings), commercial buildings (e.g., shopping malls or office buildings) or industrial buildings (e.g., factories).
  • modules are used to supply electricity to the building on which they're mounted.
  • a solar module system 700 is composed of multiple modules 710 mounted on a building 730, connected via regulator 720 to building's utility supply.
  • the modules can also be used to supply power to the utility grid 701 in addition to building 730.
  • regulator 720 can direct excess electricity to grid 701.
  • supplemental electricity can be supplied from grid 701.
  • Collectors having high acceptance angles can be used in modules without tracking systems to provide electricity year round (or almost year round, such as for 9-10 months of the year), e.g., even when installed at subtropical or temperate locations.
  • Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un appareil qui comprend un concentrateur de lumière, qui, lorsqu'il fonctionne, dirige une lumière à partir d'une ouverture d'entrée et d'une ouverture de sortie, et un dispositif photovoltaïque positionné par rapport à l'ouverture de sortie pour recevoir la lumière. Le concentrateur de lumière comprend un corps creux formé d'une paire de parois latérales espacées et d'une paroi de sortie relient les parois latérales, chaque paroi latérale étant formée en un matériau ayant un premier indice de réfraction, n1, la paroi de sortie comprenant un premier élément ayant une surface de sortie positionnée à l'ouverture de sortie, le premier élément étant formé en un matériau ayant un deuxième indice de réfraction, n2, et le corps creux contenant un liquide ayant un troisième indice de réfraction n3, où n3 < n1 et n3 < n2.
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